AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. The works of the rt. hon. lord Byron - Page 109by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824Full view - About this book
| Voltaire - 1824 - 446 pages
...themselves to our weakness, and condescending to speak in the language of the vulgar, say figuratively, that " the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that...were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose."* But the angel Raphael, the conductor of young Tobit, gives him a reason more worthy of his... | |
| George Clinton - Poets, English - 1825 - 826 pages
...of it was written. It is said, in the title-page, to be founded on the following passage in Genesis, chap. vi. — ' And it came to pass — that the sons...were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.' The scene is laid in a district in the neighbourhood of Mount Ararat, and the time at which... | |
| Hugh McNeile - Sermons, English - 1825 - 472 pages
...came to pass when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that...they took them wives of all which they chose. And the Lord said, My Spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh : yet his days... | |
| George Townsend - Bible - 1826 - 902 pages
...to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that...fair ; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh :... | |
| 1826 - 1036 pages
...pass, when _¿\_ men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born unto them, 2 heir little ones like a flock, and their children...They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at th chose. t 3 And the LORD said, My Spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 pages
...be with him ! Cain. Bnt with me .' - [Errant. HEAVEN AND EARTH, A MYSTERY. "And it came to nue .... that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that...fair ; and they took them wives of all which they chose." — Gen. VI. 1. 2. "And woman wailing for her demon-lover." COUEIDGE. DRAMATIS PERSONNE. ANGELS.... | |
| Hunting - 1828 - 560 pages
...had done its best. Thus it is that we only turn over four leaves in the Bible before we are informed that " the sons of God saw the daughters of men that...were fair, and they took them wives of all which they chose." Here then, it seems, match-making began. worth was Mr. Harland, of Sutton Hall, in Yorkshire,... | |
| Henry Hunter - Bible - 1828 - 242 pages
...came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that...fair ; and they took them wives of all which they chose."* These expressions the most respectable and judicious interpreters explain, as descriptive... | |
| Christian Cann - 1828 - 570 pages
...to pass, when men began to mul. tiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them; that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that...were fair, and they took them wives of all which they chose ; there were giants in the earth in those days, the same became mighty men, which were of old... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1829 - 456 pages
...both of them hating 1,-iken the subject from the second verse of the filh chapter of Genesis : • And it came to pass, that the sons of ' God saw the...• lair; and they took them wives of all which they hose. » The two poets presumed that the Sons of God were angels, which opinion 1s abo entertained... | |
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